Vivo X80 Review: Camera-Focused

The X80 and the X80 Pro (Review) are the newest additions to Vivo’s camera-centric flagship X sequence. We’ve already reviewed the Vivo X80 Professional and at present, we’ll be specializing in the X80. It is vital to know that Vivo has made some adjustments to its naming conference for its newest X sequence. The X80 truly replaces the X70 Pro from final 12 months and never the X70, in the identical means the brand new X80 Professional changed the X70 Pro+. 

The Vivo X80 packs promising {hardware} akin to the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 SoC, a triple digital camera setup in partnership with Zeiss, and a decently giant battery with assist for 80W quick charging. Does the Vivo X80 justify the premium it instructions? I put it to the take a look at to seek out out.

Vivo X80 worth in India

The Vivo X80 begins at Rs. 54,999 for the bottom variant with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, which is the one I acquired for this evaluation. The opposite variant is priced at Rs 59,999 and comes with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Vivo presents this smartphone in two colors, Cosmic Black, and City Blue.

Vivo X80 design

The Vivo X80 is well-designed and options all the weather you’ll anticipate from a flagship smartphone. It has an enormous show with curved edges on both aspect that’s positive to seize anyones consideration. It jogged my memory of older Samsung flagship smartphones that had equally designed shows. The body of the X80 is made out of metallic which supplies it a premium appear and feel. It has the facility and quantity buttons on the fitting, which can be additionally fabricated from metallic. These buttons present a stable really feel and clicky suggestions when pressed.

Vivo is severe about its cameras on the X80

Vivo has flattened the body on the highest and on the backside. The Vivo X80 has the SIM tray slot, USB Sort-C port, main microphone, and the loudspeaker on the backside. The highest has the infrared emitter, a secondary microphone and an inscription which says “Skilled Pictures”, as an indication of their confidence within the telephone’s’s digital camera system.

The digital camera module on the again is large and occupies over one-third of the rear panel. It additionally protrudes barely however because it covers almost your entire width of the telephone, it would not trigger the telephone to rock about when positioned on a flat floor. This module has three digital camera sensors, laser autofocus {hardware}, and a dual-LED flash.

The again panel of the X80 is constructed from glass and Vivo has given it a matte end on the City Blue variant. This end helps the telephone resist fingerprints simply. This color is exclusive and placing to take a look at and it helps the telephone stand out from the competitors. For those who do not desire daring colors, there is a Cosmic Black possibility for you. Vivo additionally bundles a case within the field which has a faux-leather end.

The Vivo X80 is an enormous smartphone and ideas the size at 206g. This weight is noticeable when utilizing the telephone single handedly. Fortunately, the load is well-balanced so it is would not trigger numerous fatigue.

Vivo X80 specs and software program

The Vivo X80 includes a 6.78-inch AMOLED show with a full-HD+ decision. It has a 120Hz refresh charge and a 240Hz contact sampling charge. The show makes use of Schott’s Xensation Up glass for scratch safety and homes an in-display fingerprint scanner.

The Vivo X80 is the primary smartphone in India to characteristic the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 SoC. This 4nm SoC has an octa-core design with a single ARM Cortex-X2 core clocked at 3.2GHz, three Cortex-A710 efficiency cores clocked at 2.85GHz, and 4 Cortex-A510 effectivity cores clocked at 1.8GHz. The X80 additionally options Vivo’s V1+ imaging chip. Vivo says it has added a big vapour cooling chamber to assist maintain temperatures in examine. Each the variants let you use as much as 4GB of storage as digital RAM. 

The Vivo X80 homes a 4,500mAh battery and has assist for 80W quick charging. Vivo additionally bundles the charger within the field. The X80 has assist for Bluetooth 5.3, Wi-Fi 6, 9 5G bands, dual-4G VoLTE, and NFC. It has assist for six satellite tv for pc navigation techniques, together with NavIC. The Vivo X80 does have an IP53 score for mud and water resistance, but it surely doesn’t assist wi-fi charging.

The Vivo X80 runs Funtouch OS 12 on high of Android 12

Vivo ships the X80 with Funtouch OS 12 that is based mostly on Android 12. My unit was working the Could 2022 Android safety patch, which was acceptable. Funtouch OS 12 has a number of customisation choices to select from, together with customized themes. I discovered the UI to be fairly straightforward to make use of. Nonetheless, the Vivo X80 comes with numerous bloatware apps preinstalled which I did not like. You’ll be able to uninstall most of those apps immediately to reclaim some further cupboard space. Vivo’s personal apps such because the browser aggravated me fairly a bit because it pushed loads of spammy notifications all through the day.

For avid gamers, Funtouch OS 12 options an Extremely Recreation mode which may be simply accessed inside any recreation via the sidebar. It has a body interpolation characteristic which helps enhance the body charge whereas gaming. The ‘Eagle Eye View’ enhancement characteristic claims to carry out native tone mapping with the intention to increase the visible expertise whereas gaming. It additionally has an ‘Esports’ mode that disables UI gestures, blocks notifications, and prioritises the CPU for gaming. Vivo has additionally dedicated to supply three generations of Android OS updates and three years of safety updates for the X80. 

Vivo X80 efficiency and battery life

The Vivo X80 checks all of the packing containers for a contemporary flagship smartphone. It has a punchy AMOLED show with good viewing angles. The show received vivid sufficient when outdoor and was seen even underneath direct daylight. The stereo audio system on the telephone did add to the general expertise, although they did not sound very balanced. I discovered the bottom-firing speaker to be louder than the earpiece.

The Vivo X80 is able to dealing with heavy video games very effectively

The telephone supplied good efficiency with each day use and I by no means needed to look forward to too lengthy for apps to load. My 8GB variant of the Vivo X80 had the RAM extension characteristic enabled by default and was set to make use of 4GB of storage. I had no points multitasking between a number of apps and plenty of of them would stay in reminiscence within the background. In case you are a heavy person, the Vivo X80 ought to be capable to sustain together with your calls for.

The in-display fingerprint scanner on the Vivo X80 by no means did not authenticate my finger even as soon as and was very correct. Vivo does let you customise the fingerprint animations, which is a pleasant contact. The face recognition characteristic additionally labored with none points.

I put the Vivo X80 via a couple of artificial benchmarks to see how the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 SoC performs. In AnTuTu, the Vivo X80 managed 983,481 factors which was on par with scores from the Motorola Edge 30 Pro (Review) and the iQoo 9 Pro (Review) which can be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. In Geekbench 5, the Vivo X80 managed 1,250 factors and 4,190 factors within the single-core and multi-core exams respectively. It additionally scored effectively in graphics benchmarks, managing 71fps in GFXBench’s Automotive Chase take a look at.

Vivo has partnered with Zeiss for the cameras on the X80

I performed Name of Responsibility: Cell on the Vivo X80 and the sport ran effectively with none stutter on the ‘Very Excessive’ graphics and ‘Excessive’  body charge setting. I performed the sport for about 20 minutes which resulted in an eight p.c drop in battery stage. The telephone wasn’t heat to the contact after the gaming session, which suggests the cooling system did its job effectively.

Together with nice efficiency, the Vivo X80 additionally presents good battery life. The telephone lasted for a few day and a half with my utilization, which usually included a mixture of utilizing social apps, some gaming and a little bit of digital camera use. In our HD video loop take a look at, it managed to run for 15 hours, 42 minutes, which was pretty good. The equipped 80W SuperVOOC charger is large, however not as cumbersome because the 120W charger Xiaomi bundles with the Mi 11i HyperCharge (Review). Utilizing the bundled charger, I managed to cost the telephone as much as 80 p.c in half an hour and one other ten extra minutes was sufficient to cost it absolutely. 

Vivo X80 cameras

The Vivo X-series telephones are identified for his or her digital camera efficiency and the X80 has numerous expectations using on its shoulders. Vivo has geared up the X80 with a 50-megapixel main digital camera with optical picture stabilisation (OIS), a 12-megapixel portrait digital camera with 2X optical zoom, and a 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle digital camera. It lacks the gimbal stabilisation system although, that is current within the Vivo X80 Pro‘s portrait digital camera.

The Vivo X80’s digital camera app options the Zeiss Portrait kinds and Zeiss Cinematic Video Bokeh modes that simulate an anamorphic lens type within the output. Vivo has additionally added a Zeiss T* coating on the digital camera lenses to assist scale back ghosting and lens flares. For selfies, the Vivo X80 makes use of a 32-megapixel entrance digital camera.

The digital camera app is effectively laid out and straightforward to make use of. Switching between the completely different capturing modes and cameras is very straightforward. The Vivo X80 additionally has toggle for Zeiss Pure color rendering which adjustments the color profile of the output. I observed that Vivo had the X80 watermark enabled by default, however you may disable it if wanted.

Vivo X80 daylight digital camera samples: Fundamental (high) and ultra-wide (backside) cameras (faucet to see full dimension)

Daylight digital camera efficiency was superb and the pictures had good dynamic vary. Objects at a distance in panorama pictures had been recognisable and had sufficient element. Colors regarded barely punchy by default however with the Zeiss Pure Color enabled, the output was nearer to the precise scene. The ultra-wide digital camera supplied a wider discipline of view however had a barely hotter color tone. Photographs didn’t seem too distorted across the edges of the body however the output didn’t have the identical high quality as the first digital camera.

Vivo X80 macro and Portrait mode digital camera samples (faucet to see full dimension)

Shut-up pictures had been crisp and the telephone managed a lovely pure bokeh impact for the background. Photographs taken with Portrait mode had good edge detection. This mode presents a number of choices to customize the output, together with a couple of portrait kinds from Zeiss. The Vivo X80 routinely switches to the ultra-wide-angle digital camera for macros when the telephone is shut sufficient to a topic. Macro pictures had been detailed because of the 12-megapixel decision.

Vivo X80 low-light ultra-wide (high) and principal (backside) digital camera samples (faucet to see full dimension)

The Vivo X80 did shock me with its low-light digital camera efficiency. It was fast to gauge the scene and set the digital camera up for a low gentle shot. It took about three seconds to seize the shot but it surely did handle superb particulars. Objects at a distance in panorama pictures had been additionally recognisable. If the scene is darkish, the digital camera app suggests switching to Night time mode. I discovered that it might deal with scenes with road lighting fairly effectively and switching to Night time mode solely confirmed minor enchancment within the shadows.

Vivo X80 selfie digital camera samples with Portrait mode taken in day (high) and night time (backside) (faucet to see full dimension)

Selfies from the Vivo X80 had been captured on the full 32-megapixel decision by default. Common selfies in addition to those taken with Portrait mode had been fairly detailed. In low gentle, the Vivo X80 managed good high quality pictures utilizing the display flash.

Video recording on the Vivo X80 maxes out at 4K on the first digital camera and 1080p on the selfie digital camera, though I want there was a 4K recording possibility on the entrance digital camera too. Movies shot in daylight in addition to low gentle had been stabilised effectively and I solely observed minimal jitter in low-light movies when strolling round. Vivo additionally presents a ‘Horizontal Line’ stabilisation characteristic which managed to lock the place of the horizon even after rotating the telephone by 90 levels. Nonetheless, footage recording on this mode is restricted to 1080p decision.

Verdict

In case you are on the lookout for a flagship Android smartphone however do not want to splurge, then the Vivo X80 may be precisely what you want. It is a little bit pricier in comparison with the X70 Professional however the enhancements it presents does justify the premium. The X80 presents a superb mixture of robust efficiency, good battery life coupled with very quick charging, and succesful cameras — all in a single package deal. The MediaTek Dimensity 9000 SoC may be very highly effective and may maintain energy customers comfortable. Software program is one space the place I really feel Vivo might enhance as Funtouch OS 12 might do with fewer preinstalled apps and fewer notification spam, which ought to improve the person expertise.

I’d suggest shopping for the bottom variant of the Vivo X80 that is priced at Rs. 54,999 because it supplies considerably higher worth than the upper variant. These on the lookout for options can take a look at the Realme GT 2 Pro (Review) or the Motorola Edge 30 Pro (Review), each of which present comparable efficiency at barely decrease costs.